Federal agents didn't just come knocking at Ilhan Omar's door this week; they left with her phone, computers, notebooks, and passport—part of a Trump administration probe that US officials say is aimed at revoking her citizenship and deporting her, the Wall Street Journal reports. Homeland Security agents executed a court-approved search at her Washington, DC, home on Monday, three weeks before the midterms in which the Minnesota Democrat is up for reelection. Officials are reportedly examining whether Omar or her late father misrepresented her as a minor on immigration paperwork, which would've automatically qualified her for citizenship at the time her father applied.
Somalia-born Omar fled her native country amid civil war, arriving in the US in 1995 and becoming a citizen in 2000. She denies any immigration fraud, with her office claiming the "baseless" probe was orchestrated "to eliminate one of the most effective progressive voices in Congress." The Journal reports a similar probe under the Biden administration ended without concrete evidence of fraud. President Trump has for years called for Omar and other Somali immigrants to be jailed or deported. "They cheat on everything," he said Monday, hours after describing Omar as "totally crooked," per the Hill. If the Justice Department moves ahead, this could become the most prominent case in a sweeping denaturalization push that has already resulted in more than 200 lawsuits against citizens.
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